McGahn believes he ‘did not incriminate’ Trump in wrongdoing, lawyer says: report

White House counsel Donald McGahn believes he “did not incriminate” President Trump in wrongdoing during his 30 hours of interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller, McGahn’s lawyer has said in recent days, according to The Washington Post. 

McGahn’s attorney, Bill Burck, reportedly told Trump’s legal team that McGahn did not accuse Trump of criminal behavior during his three sit-downs with Mueller. 

“He did not incriminate him,” Burck wrote in an email described by multiple people to the Post. 

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Burck said McGahn would have resigned from the White House if he had seen the president engage in criminal wrongdoing. 

He also told Trump’s legal team that he is unsure what other witnesses have shared, meaning he is unsure how McGahn’s testimony will fit into a case against Trump. 

The New York Times this week reported that McGahn has been cooperating with Mueller in his probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. His interviews focused on Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey last year, the president’s repeated urging of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to claim control of the special counsel’s probe, and his suggestion he might fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, it added. 

Mueller has spoken to other officials with proximity to Trump, including his former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, former senior adviser Stephen Bannon, and former press secretary Sean Spicer, the Post reported. 

Trump’s lawyers are reportedly unsure of what information McGahn shared with Mueller over his months of interviews, which began in November, according to the Times.

The president frequently derides Mueller’s probe as a “witch hunt,” insisting there was “no collusion.”  

“Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency,” Trump tweeted Monday. “Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone looking for trouble.”

Mueller’s investigation so far has resulted in indictments or guilty pleas for 32 people and three Russian companies.